[Bug 805143] Re: Cannot use update manager, synaptic package manager, ubuntu software centre, or command line apt-get

[Barneedhar Vigneshwar]

I was told 
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt-get update
will fix them. Will keep you updated about that!

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Title:
  Cannot use update manager, synaptic package manager, ubuntu software
  centre, or command line apt-get

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When I closed my update manager when it still hadn't finished its
  updates and reopened it, I got this error.

  Could not initialize the package information

  An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package
  information.

  Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and
  include the following error message:

  'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
  MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google
  .com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_i18n_Translation-en, E:The
  package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

  And then I thought I would just reinstall update manager using Ubuntu
  software centre but the list of software never loaded.

  And then I tried Synaptic package manager:
  E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
  E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_i18n_Translation-en
  E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
  E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

  And then with command line. Tried apt-get update.
  Reading package lists... Error!
  E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
  E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_i18n_Translation-en
  E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

  And then I restarted my comp hoping that would solve my problem. But,
  I had installed screenlet, which ran into a problem of its own.

  
  Requirements for the Screenlet are not satisfied! Use the package manager of your system to install required packages.

  REQUIREMENTS:

  python-numpy ? required, NOT INSTALLED!

  Now, my wireless driver is not working as well. I am just using
  Windows 7 to report the bug as I can't access internet using Ubuntu.

  More info:
  I am currently using Ubuntu Natty Narwhal 11.04.
  I am not sure about update-manager's version but I had already updated all of my softwares about 10 hours ago. (on 3-7-2011 12.00 PM GMT +8)
  I was just hoping the update manager would show some new software updates. I closed and reopened because it was taking a while to load. 
  Instead when I opened it, it came up with a dialog box  with the above log.

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